by krwhosting
On this 2014 Thanksgiving holiday, we would like to share with you some thoughts from our friends Ed Crego and Frank Islam of the Huffington Post, who have posted this blog entry that resonates deeply with us.
We wish you and yours a safe, happy, and peaceful Thanksgiving holiday.
by krwhosting
Arguably Barat College’s most famous alumna, former Mayor of Chicago Jane M. Byrne of Chicago passed away on the morning of November 14, 2014. A 1955 graduate of Barat College, the Library in Old Main bore her name.
The Chicago Tribune’s obituary can be found here.
The Barat Education Foundation extends sincerest condolences to Mayor Byrne’s family.
by krwhosting
September 17 is Constitution Day. To celebrate this truly remarkable document, check this page at the Primary Source Network for lots of materials related to the Constitution!
Feel free to invite your students to play Cicero to test their knowledge of the Constitution! Go to cicero-constitution.com or use this link for instructions on how to play!
by krwhosting
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 through October 15), we invite educators to take advantage of the numerous resources of the Library of Congress to integrate the celebration into their instruction. This link from TPS-Barat’s Primary Source Nexus provides a wealth of themed link sets for numerous purposes and topics.
by krwhosting
Our American Voice participants from Heritage Middle School School in Berwyn, IL teach CBS 2 Chicago Reporter Vince Gerasole about civic engagement and their OAV project to bring trash cans to their community.
You can also see Vince’s interview with Emerson Elementary students about the changes they helped to bring about in their school lunch program here. To learn about the Buddy Bench that Irving Elementary OAVers built, watch this video.
Vince also interviewed OAVers from Hiawatha about their efforts to change their school mascot name, as well as Freedom Middle School OAV, who are working with local as well as state and Federal officials to get an overpass over railroad tracks near their school. Listen in here.
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